I'm retired from racing. Really.

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Location:

Greenville,SC,

Member Since:

Feb 24, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

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5k- 16:01, 1/2 marathon- 1:11:37, marathon- 2:34:16, 50k- 3:58, 100 mile- 15:19

Former World Record holder in 100 x 5k relay

Ultra history:

8-100 mile, 1-100k, 9-50 mile, 2-40 mile, 14-50k-ish

12 wins, 5 CR's, plus four 2nd, five 3rd, 4th, 4th, 5th, 5th, 9th, 16th, 20th, 28th, 38th, and 62nd place, with 1 DNF

Short-Term Running Goals:

Goals

Enjoy running, stay fit (and maybe lose a few pounds). Play ultimate frisbee.

4 year coach of Langston Middle School- love it

Long-Term Running Goals:

Unretire at some point

Run a sub-6 hr 50 miler

Win a 100 mile ultramarathon

Personal:

I have five cute kids. And I have some rockin short green racing shorts- I wear them mainly because it embarrasses my wife so much. I like ultimate frisbee, trail running, reading, and cheering for the Denver Broncos! And I have the absolute best wife in the world. And I used to run for the now-disbanded national Team Pearl Izumi- Ultra!

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Miles:	This week:	3.00	Month:	28.00	Year:	537.50
Fastwitch Lifetime Miles:						82.50
Trail M2 Lime/black Lifetime Miles:						299.00
Road N2 Purple 2 Lifetime Miles:						222.50
Road N2 4 Grey Lifetime Miles:						104.50

Sat, Jan 10, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
13.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	13.00

Long run- it was my longest run since Nov 15 and my first run of more than 10 miles in a month. Paul and I did the Youngward loop with a bit added on so I could get 40 miles this week. Normal amount of chattiness for he and I, though I was breathing hard. My legs were pretty tired by the end, as expected. But I made it- it's nice to have enough fitness that I can take 2 months off and then just get up and run a half marathon distance (run, not race).

I got 3 running related Christmas gifts this year from my lovely wife, and I used 2 of them for the first time today- fleece headband/earwarmer, and a Garmin 205! What a great wife! I'm sure I will enjoy the Garmin. Unfortunately, I somehow stopped it mid run today so cut out 3 miles. But per Paul's garmin, we did 13 miles at 7:30 pace. I have to comment on how most of my runs this week on a treadmill feel harder at 7:30 or even 8:00 pace for 6-8 miles than it does to run 7:30 pace for 13 miles on the roads. I really struggle to run fast on treadmills.

Now it is off to an adult's pinewood derby, then watch NFL football!

NB 768 Miles: 13.00

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Jon on Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 18:17:01

In case anyone cares, I didn't put the amazon link for the garmin 205. Sasha must have auto-programmed that into the blog as a self-promotion.

From logan on Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 18:33:15

I don't believe it. Jon has a Garmin. Miracles do happen!

From wheakory on Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 01:20:48

Great run Jon. Your fitness is great. Your a marathoner and an ultra-marathoner.

I've though also about running the NY Marathon this year its been one of my goals for a while before I stop racing. Well, when I run marathons I consider it a personal run not a race. Good luck on the goals in 2009.

From marci on Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 01:03:53

wow your wife IS great...oh and beautiful & talented & amazing & it just goes on....

From Chad on Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 10:43:13

I wonder, Jon, whether having the Garmin will lead you to recording your mileage to the hundredth of a mile, rather than rounding. I look forward to seeing many entries like "9.785" etc.

From Jon on Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 13:18:56

Chad- except for races, you will never see me put anything more than quarter miles, and probably half miles.

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